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April 10, 1979, came to be known as "Terrible Tuesday" in the areas affected by the tornadoes along the Oklahoma–Texas border. In 1984, the NWS produced a documentary covering the Wichita Falls tornado, entitlted Terrible Tuesday, in collaboration with the American Red Cross and FEMA.
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Apr 11, 2021 · WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - April 10th, 1979, a day forever ingrained in the minds of those who lived through it. It’s the day an F-4 tornado ravaged the city of Wichita Falls. More than 40...
Apr 10, 2018 · In 1978 Wichita Falls was the host of the first NCAA Division I-AA championship game. The tornadoes destroyed the press box and lights at Memorial Stadium, which lead to the Pioneer Bowl being ...
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Apr 10, 2021 · 42 years ago, on April 10, 1979, a severe weather outbreak in North Texas spawned 13 total tornadoes in Texoma, the largest of which made its way through the heart of Wichita Falls....
- Joshua Hoggard
This documentary, made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, tells the story of April 10, 1979, the day a F4 tornado a mile and a half wide hit Wichita Falls, Texas, known as Terrible Tuesday. In its wake, 46 people died, 1,700 were injured, and 5,000 homes were destroyed, leaving almost 25,000 residents homeless.
Apr 10, 2024 · The footage showed the aftermath of Terrible Tuesday in Wichita Falls; Millions of dollars in damage, more than 20,000 people left without homes, more than 1,700 injuries, and 45 lives lost ...
Apr 10, 2019 · That was par for course in Wichita Falls in April. Those who had been around a while remembered the bad tornado in 1964 happened in April. And wasn’t the one in ’58 in April, too?
